The NY Metropolitan Opera is considered to be one of the world’s great opera companies and the lavishness of their productions is legendary. “The Met’s experiment of merging film with live performance has created a new art form,” said the Los Angeles Times of the groundbreaking series of live, high-definition performance transmissions to movie theatres around the world. If you missed it first time around, here’s your chance to see some of the most stunning operas performed at The Met.
TURANDOT
Sunday 25 July, 1.00pm
Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production of Puccini’s Turandot.
AIDA
Sunday 1 August, 1.00pm
Daniele Gatti returns for the first time in 14 years to conduct a cast of powerful voices in Verdi’s Aida.
THE TALES OF HOFFMANN
Sunday 8 August, 1.00pm
Bartlett Sher returns to direct his second Met production.
DER ROSENKAVALIER
Sunday 15 August, 1.00pm
James Levine conducts a stellar cast led by Renée Fleming as the Marschallin and Susan Graham as Octavian.
CARMEN
Sunday 22 August, 1.00pm
The new Carmen features the debuts of director Richard Eyre and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
SIMON BOCCANEGRA
Sunday 29 August, 1.00pm
Four decades into a legendary Met career, Plácido Domingo makes history by singing the baritone title role of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, conducted by James Levine.
Tickets for all operas are available now at the box office and online at http://www.palacenova.com
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